A new study conducted by researchers from McGill University, the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (LDI) at the ...

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A receptor on macrophages dictated their ability to reduce inflammation after liver transplant, offering potential ...

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The development of ARDS is a predictor of high mortality in COVID-19 patients. But clinicians do not currently have a reliable method to predict which patients will develop ARDS. A group of UAB ...

SLE neutrophils were also shown to undergo NETosis (a form of cell death that results in the release of NETs) when exposed to anti-ribonucleoprotein (RNP) autoantibodies, a process that was found ...

Neutropenia describes a significant reduction in a type of white blood cell called neutrophils. Produced in bone marrow, these are an essential first line of defense against infections. Here ...

Release of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) by neutrophils and the activation of plasmacytoid dendritic cells direct the chronic interferon-α production observed in SLE.Type I interferons ...

UB scientists exploring the nature of immunity after vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae, which causes pneumonia in people, have discovered that a specific type of white blood cell called ...